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stean

Steen \Steen\ (st[=e]n), n. [AS. st[=ae]na. See Stone.]

  1. A vessel of clay or stone. ``An huge great earth-pot steane.''
    --Spenser.

  2. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.

stean

Steen \Steen\, v. t. [AS. st[=ae]nan to adorn with stones or gems. See Stone.] To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material. [Written also stean, and stein.]

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stean

Etymology 1 n. 1 A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth. 2 A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening. 3 (context UK dialectal English) A stone. 4 (context UK dialectal English) A large box of stones used for pressing cheese; a cheese-press. Etymology 2

alt. 1 To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone. 2 To fit with stones; mend, line, pave, etc. with stones. n. A stone. vb. 1 To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone. 2 To fit with stones; mend, line, pave, etc. with stones.

Wikipedia
Stean

Stean is a small village in upper Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is north of Pateley Bridge.

The village is located on Stean Beck, a tributary of the River Nidd. Below Stean the beck flows through How Stean Gorge which includes a cave named after Tom Taylor, a highwayman who is rumoured to have hidden there.

Usage examples of "stean".

Now isn’t that stean at any rate,” he hammered it with his stick as he spoke, “a pack of lies?

All them steans, holdin’ up their heads as well as they can out of their pride, is acant, simply tumblin’ down with the weight o’ the lies wrote on them, ‘Here lies the body’ or ‘Sacred to the memory’ wrote on all of them, an’ yet in nigh half of them there bean’t no bodies at all, an’ the memories of them bean’t cared a pinch of snuff about, much less sacred.